Sniper Room

Sniper Room
Sublevels	1	Ultra-bitter sprays	1
Red Pikmin	0	Ultra-spicy sprays	1
Yellow Pikmin	30
Blue Pikmin	0
White Pikmin	0
Purple Pikmin	20
Bulbmin	0

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The Sniper Room is the twenty-ninth level in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode. While it only consists of a single sublevel, it is filled with a variety of powerful enemies that tend to use projectiles, making completing the level rather difficult, especially if going for a pink flower. These enemies include Dwarf Orange Bulborbs, Snow Bulborbs, a Decorated Cannon Beetle, an Armored Cannon Beetle Larva, and a Gatling Groink.

This challenge level was the first instance in the Pikmin series where one could play on PNF-404's surface at night, predating night expeditions in Pikmin 4. However, this doesn't affect gameplay, beyond the very dim lighting.

Sublevel 1

• Theme: Garden
• Music: Concrete 2
• Time: 255 (510 seconds)
• Starting Pikmin:
  •  Yellow Pikmin × 30 (flower)
  •  Purple Pikmin × 20 (flower)
• Treasures:
  •  Colossal Fossil × 1 (partially buried)
  •  Crystal Clover × 1
  •  Crystallized Clairvoyance × 1 (inside Careening Dirigibug)
  •  Crystallized Telekinesis × 1 (inside Orange Bulborb)
  •  Crystallized Telepathy × 1 (inside Gatling Groink)
  •  Eternal Emerald Eye × 1
  •  Gyroid Bust × 1
  •  Love Sphere × 2 (inside Dwarf Orange Bulborbs)
  •  Lustrous Element × 1 (inside Snow Bulborb)
  •  Mirrored Element × 1 (inside Snow Bulborb)
  •  Mirth Sphere × 2 (inside Dwarf Orange Bulborbs)
  •  Omniscient Sphere × 2 (inside Dwarf Orange Bulborbs)
  •  Petrified Heart × 1 (inside Decorated Cannon Beetle)
  •  Tear Stone × 1 (inside Armored Cannon Beetle Larvae)
  •  The Key × 1
• Enemies:
  •  Armored Cannon Beetle Larva (buried) × 1
  •  Careening Dirigibug × 1
  •  Decorated Cannon Beetle × 1
  •  Dwarf Orange Bulborb × 6
  •  Gatling Groink (pedestal) × 1
  •  Mitite (group of 10) × indefinite amount (from eggs)
  •  Orange Bulborb × 1
  •  Snow Bulborb × 2
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Vegetation:
  •  Figwort (large brown) × 11
  •  Figwort (small brown) × 6
  •  Foxtail × 6
  •  Seeding Dandelion × 4
• Others:
  •  Egg × 1 or more

The enemies here mostly use projectiles, hence the cave's name, so they can be used to attack each other. It is advisable to use the spray against the Groink. Treasures are spread throughout the field, and the key is well hidden.

With two players, one player can distract the Groink, while the other sneaks up from behind and attacks from the shovel.

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Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			ch_MUKI_bombing
"Main" object maximum (?)			23
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			5
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			80
Number of rooms (?)			3
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0
Escape geyser (?)			Yes
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			2_units_5x5a_big_tekiF_kusachi.txt
Lighting file (?)			sniper_light_lv0.ini
Background (?)			hiroba ( garden)
Cave units (?)
Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Room with 2 circling paths	Room with upside-down bucket

Detailed object list
The game spawns these "main" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
1	Gatling Groink (pedestal)	1	None	"Special" enemy spots
-	Crystallized Telepathy	Carried inside entry with ID 1
2	Armored Cannon Beetle Larva (buried)	1	None	"Hard" enemy spots
-	Tear Stone	Carried inside entry with ID 2
3	Decorated Cannon Beetle	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Petrified Heart	Carried inside entry with ID 3
4	Careening Dirigibug	1	Falls from the sky	Cave unit seams
-	Crystallized Clairvoyance	Carried inside entry with ID 4
5	Orange Bulborb	1	None	Cave unit seams
-	Crystallized Telekinesis	Carried inside entry with ID 5
6	Dwarf Orange Bulborb	2	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Love Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 6
7	Dwarf Orange Bulborb	2	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Omniscient Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 7
8	Dwarf Orange Bulborb	2	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Mirth Sphere	Carried inside entry with ID 8
9	Snow Bulborb	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Lustrous Element	Carried inside entry with ID 9
10	Snow Bulborb	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
-	Mirrored Element	Carried inside entry with ID 10
11	Figwort (small brown)	3	None	"Easy" enemy spots
12	Figwort (small brown)	3	None	"Easy" enemy spots
13	Figwort (large brown)	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
14	Figwort (large brown)	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
15	Figwort (large brown)	1	None	"Easy" enemy spots
19	Armored Cannon Beetle Larva (buried)	1	None	"Special" enemy spots
-	Tear Stone	Carried inside entry with ID 19
Then it spawns these "decoration" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
16	Foxtail	6	None	Plant spots
17	Figwort (large brown)	8	None	Plant spots
18	Seeding Dandelion	4	None	Plant spots
Then it spawns these "treasure" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
20	The Key	1	None	Treasure spots
21	Eternal Emerald Eye	1	None	Treasure spots
22	Crystal Clover	1	None	Treasure spots
23	Gyroid Bust	1	None	Treasure spots
24	Colossal Fossil	1	None	Treasure spots
Then it spawns these "dead end" objects:
ID	Object	Amount	Fall method	Spawn location
25	Egg	1	None	Dead ends
Then it spawns "dead end" objects in as many dead ends as it can. Chances:
ID	Object	Chance	Fall method	Spawn location
25	Egg	100%	None	Dead ends

For details on how objects are spawned, and how some may fail to spawn, see here.

Trivia

• This is the only Challenge Mode level to include Foxtails or Seeding Dandelions.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スナイパールーム?	Sniper Room
French (NoA)	Salle du tireur	Sniper's room
French (NoE)	Salle du Tireur	Sniper's Room
German	Heckenschützengefahr	Beware Snipers
Italian	Stanza del cecchino	Sniper's Room
Spanish (NoA)	Salón del Francotirador	Sniper's Room